Bottle-cap remover.



W. H. BURNETT.

BOTTLE CAP REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.3.1914.

1,267,052. Patented; May 21,1918.

WILLIAM H. BURNETT, OF MOUND CITY, MISSOURI.

BOTTLE-CAP REMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filed December 3, 1914. Serial No. 875,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. BURNETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mound City, in the county of Holt and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-CapRemovers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bottle cap remover.

The invention aims to provide a novel construction of article of thisnature which can be preferably stamped from sheet metal in a singlepiece and subsequently bent, and to provide an article of this kindwhich has an attaching hook arm to engage a belt, a bottle cap-receivingopening, a bottle cap engaging nose and means in the form of one or morecloth-piercing projections at the said opening by means of which thearticle may be fastened to trousers against accidental displacement.

lVith the foregoing and additional objects which will later appear, inview, the inventi on has been embodied in preferred form in the deviceillustrated in accompanying drawings and hereinafter described.

In said drawings,

Figure l is a front elevation of the improved article,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved article and Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the improved article shown in connection with a cooperatingbelt, key-ring, and portion of trousers, the latter being shown insection.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters designate like or similar parts, a bottle cap-opening sectionor arm is shown at 1, it being enlarged at its lower end as at 2 andbeing provided with a bottle cap-receiving opening 3. At the 11 perextremity of the opening is provide a bottle cap-liftin nose member 4and projecting into the sai open ing 3 and beyond the rear wall of thesection 1, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3, are cloth engaging or piercingspurs 5.

Slightly spaced from the front face of section 1, connected thereto andextending downwardly from its top is a resilient hook arm designated 6.Extending upwardly be engaged with the trousers.

from the arm 6 and slightly spaced therefrom is a resilient articlesupporting hook arm 7 It will be realized that the parts describedcomprise an integral structure or an article which is made in a singlepiece and further that the production of the nose a and spurs 5 mayoccur simultaneously with the cutting and removal of the blank toprovide the opening 3.

The article is designed to be fastened to a belt as seen at 8, tosupport a key-ring as seen at 9 and to engage trousers shownfragmentarily as at 10 so as to prevent displacement of the article bothvertically and horizontally.

In use, the article is applied or hung on a belt by passing the hook arm6 over the belt. After this hooking occurs, the spurs 5 may It will berealized that the article is fastened by the spurs 5 and hook 6 againstaccidental displacement. The key-ring 9 is passed over the hook arm 7and into the space intermediate the arm 7 and the arm 6. Arm 7 at itstop is preferably closer to the arm 6 than at its bottom, so as to moresecurely support the ring 9 against displacement. When used to remove abottle cap the section 1, and arms 6 and 7 are grasped as a handle andthe nose 4 is applied to the cap or the spurs 5 applied to the cap andthen the article is worked as a lever in the usual manner. The twospaced lugs or spurs 5 serve to minimize the danger of lateral movementof the article relatively to the bottle cap in the operation of removingthe cap.

As merely the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustratedand described, it is to be understood that changes in the details ofconstruction may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

I claim:

In a device of the class described having a bottle cap removing section,said section being provided with an opening to receive the bottle cap,said opening being provided with a plurality of spurs formed integralwith said section, on its inner surface, extending at an angle to theplane of said cap removing section adapted to engage the cap,

and provide independent lateral movement to prevent the accidentaldisengagement of of the device in the action of removing the the hookfrom the garment. 10 cap, a resilient supporting hook member I Intestimony vhereof atfix my signature having a resilient supportlng armformed in presence of two Witnesses.

5 therewith, adapted to suspend the device on WILLIAM H? BURNETT.

a garment, said spurs, by reason of their \Vitnessesp a being formed atan angle to the plane of RB. MOODY, said cap removing section, beingadapted L; A. JUDY;

Gopiesotthis patent may be obtained for fi've cents each, 6 addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. I

